Table 2.
Outcome of the investigations of 231 incidentalomas in the study population (n = 194)
Diagnosis | n a | Comment | Outcome related to discovered incidentaloma |
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BENIGN NON-HYPERFUNCTIONING TUMOURS | 160 (94%) | N/Ab | |
Adenomas | 154 (91%) | N/A | |
Myelolipoma | 3 (1.8%) | N/A | |
Ganglioneuroma | 1 (0.6%) | Diagnosis through PADc. | Surgery. |
Hemorrhagic cyst | 1 (0.6%) | Diagnosis through PAD. | Surgery. |
Hematoma | 1 (0.6%) | ||
Malignant or functioning tumours | 3 (1.8) | N/A | |
Cortisol hypersecretion | 2 (1.2%) | 1 patient underwent surgery due to Cushings syndrome, and PAD showed adrenal hyperplasia. | Surgery (n = 1). |
1 patient s were diagnosed with subclinical Cushing but not judged to benefit from surgery and therefore conservatively treated | Conservative treatment (n = 1) | ||
Pheochromocytoma | 1 (0.6%) | Confirmed with PAD | Surgery. |
No adrenal tumour | 6 (3.5%) | Further investigation diagnosed: sarcoma (n = 1), renal cyst (n = 1), ventricular gut diverticulum (n = 1), pleating of the tail of pancreas (n = 1), accessory spleen (n = 1), and no tumour-like structure was found in the adrenal CT (n = 1). | Referred to another department (n = 1, Department of Sarcoma). |
Surgery due to large tumour size, where PAD showed an accessory spleen (n = 1). | |||
Unknown | 62 (N/A) | Unknown diagnosis due to absence of adequate follow-up (n = 43), death (n = 10) the patient declining further investigation (n = 6), or still ongoing investigations (n = 3) | N/A |
aGiven percentages are based on patients with a known diagnosis (n = 170).
bNon Applicable.
cPathological Anatomic Diagnosis.